Band.



PATENTED DEC. 27, 19044 G. ARENTS, JR, 4

BAND.

, APPLIOA'IION FILED SEPT. 10, 1902.

" UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

GEORGE ARENTS, JR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CIGARCOMPANY, JERSEY.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION NEW BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,211, dated December27, 1904.

* Application filed September 10,1902. Serial No. 122,775.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GEORGE ARENTS, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bands, fullydescribed and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bands such as are usedas distinguishing-marks on cigars or similar articles.

The distinguishing-bands ordinarilyused on cigars are usually applied tothe cigar in 'the form of-a strip, the ends of the strip beingoverlapped, the overlapping portions being caused to adhere to eachother through substantially their entire length by gum. The band isintended to snugly fit the cigar or other article to which it isapplied, and for this reason it is difficult to remove the band, whichis usually done before the cigar is smoked, without digging into ortearing the wrapper. The difficulty of removing the band is furtherincreased by the fact that the gum used to secure the overlappingportions of the band frequently exudes from between the plies of theband and causes the band to become attached to the cigar.

It is the object of this invention to produce an improved band forcigars or similar articles which can be readily and easily removed fromthe article and without injuring the article.

With this and other objects in View the invention consists in certainconstructions and improvements, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereuntoappended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a cigar having oneform' of the improved band in position to be completely applied thereto.Fig. 2 represents a cigar having a band applied thereto, said band beingfitted to the cigar and creased to form the tab or projection. Fig. 3represents a cigar having a bandapplied thereto and the tab orprojection bent down to lie snugly against the .projection, which ismarked 56.

Fig. 4 illustrates a modified form of the construction this band will becompletely formed before it is applied to the cigar and will be largerin diameter than the cigar.

After the band has been positioned on thecigar, as shown in Fig. 1, itwill be strained about it to snugly fit-it, the surplus portion of theband being formed into a projection 56, the material of the band beingpreferably creased, as shown, so as to cause the projection to hold itsshape. While the projection may be allowed to extend from the cigar, asshown in Fig. 2, it will preferably be bent down, as shown in Fig. 3, soas to lie closely against the material of the band, thus presenting amore sightly appearance.

A modified form of the band is illustrated in Fig. 4:. In this form ofthe invention the band consists of a strip which is somewhat longer thanthe circumference of the cigar,and the meeting ends of the band arebrought together and bent upward to form the tab or When this form ofthe band is employed, the meeting ends will be preferably secured bypaste,

though they might be secured by simply overlapping the ends. Preferably,also, the tab or projection formed by these meeting ends will be bentover so .as to lie snugly against the material of the band, as is thecase with theform-of'band shown in Fig. 3.

It will be seen that the band may readily be removed by seizing the tabor projection and tearing it off, which will rupture the band.

It is possible to form the tab or projection in other ways than thoseillustrated, and the invention is not, therefore, to be confined to thespecific forms .of bandillustrated.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a cigar, of a band fitted tothe cigar and normally larger than the circumference of the cigar, saidband the cigar, the tab or projection being bent down to closely overliethe material of the band, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing 5 Witnesses.

GEORGE ARENTS, J n. Witnesses:

GEO. Gr ALLEN, G. M. GALus.

